Betty Smith
Life of the Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Valerie Raleigh Yow
430 pages· 2008· ISBN 9780970224934
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Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" captured the imagination of readers in 1943. In the first published biography of Smith, the real-life stories behind the heroes in her novel are told.
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